Matthew 13:3

"And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?"

"I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:"

"And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence."

"And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it."

"Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:"